diff --git a/roles/borg_client/templates/borg-backup-offsite.service.j2 b/roles/borg_client/files/borg-backup-offsite.service
similarity index 73%
rename from roles/borg_client/templates/borg-backup-offsite.service.j2
rename to roles/borg_client/files/borg-backup-offsite.service
index 73bc8ad1bb99289e1d99b7551aa2c23e07624491..5321ca84ea19434572ffca3ae5cce013e291bff1 100644
--- a/roles/borg_client/templates/borg-backup-offsite.service.j2
+++ b/roles/borg_client/files/borg-backup-offsite.service
@@ -3,5 +3,4 @@ Description=Borg backup (offsite)
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
-{% include 'borg-backup-cpu-quota.j2' %}
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/borg-backup-offsite.sh
diff --git a/roles/borg_client/templates/borg-backup.service.j2 b/roles/borg_client/files/borg-backup.service
similarity index 80%
rename from roles/borg_client/templates/borg-backup.service.j2
rename to roles/borg_client/files/borg-backup.service
index be2d3450d9359ba6decc547013ab93fadc47f997..616b10e93cda19a3f2337538fb61165f8568652d 100644
--- a/roles/borg_client/templates/borg-backup.service.j2
+++ b/roles/borg_client/files/borg-backup.service
@@ -6,5 +6,4 @@ Before=borg-backup-offsite.service
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
-{% include 'borg-backup-cpu-quota.j2' %}
 ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/borg-backup.sh
diff --git a/roles/borg_client/tasks/main.yml b/roles/borg_client/tasks/main.yml
index 6311f9893bcc825ce54b601d222c2d789fc4ebea..d0848d5a47e80082597626390475ce194e33dd1e 100644
--- a/roles/borg_client/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/roles/borg_client/tasks/main.yml
@@ -48,14 +48,12 @@
     - name: Create mysql backup directory
       file: path={{ backup_mysql_dir }} state=directory owner=root group=root mode=0755
 
-- name: Install systemd services for backup
-  template: src={{ item }}.j2 dest=/etc/systemd/system/{{ item }} owner=root group=root mode=0644
+- name: Install systemd timer and services for backup
+  copy: src={{ item }} dest=/etc/systemd/system/{{ item }} owner=root group=root mode=0644
   with_items:
+    - borg-backup.timer
     - borg-backup.service
     - borg-backup-offsite.service
 
-- name: Install systemd timer for backup
-  copy: src=borg-backup.timer dest=/etc/systemd/system/borg-backup.timer owner=root group=root mode=0644
-
 - name: Activate systemd timer for backup
   systemd: name=borg-backup.timer enabled=yes state=started daemon-reload=yes
diff --git a/roles/borg_client/templates/borg-backup-cpu-quota.j2 b/roles/borg_client/templates/borg-backup-cpu-quota.j2
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d264b34594a19122061c55fbac37227d8c32c15..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/roles/borg_client/templates/borg-backup-cpu-quota.j2
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-{% if ansible_processor_vcpus == 1 %}
-{# Limit CPU usage to avoid triggering a HostHighCpuLoad alert #}
-CPUQuota=50%
-{% endif %}